DON'T TELL ME YOUR CHILDREN ARE TOO YOUNG FOR THE RACE TALK WHEN MINE IS TARGETED

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Your kids are internalizing the racism that is inherent in our culture.  

They see that most of the kids at their school are white. They see that almost all of their teachers are white. They see that most of the people walking down the street in the US are white.  

They see that the people who get on the elevators with them to go home are white while the men in the blue uniforms who vacuum the carpets and take out the trash are black or brown.  

They see that all the nannies and grounds keepers and restaurant workers, cashiers, delivery people, bus drivers are brown or black. They see that the people who service their moms and dads are black or brown. They see that the dry cleaners are all East Asians.  

They are learning about the racial order of the world.

They are learning about racial hierarchy.  

They are learning the offensive gestures and words that express those racist ideas. 

They probably don’t understand what they see and certainly it will be years before they understand the full significance of the ideas they are gulping down daily from the cultural river we all drink from. 

These racist ideas are in plain view for them to take in, and they are gulping it down because our culture pours it out for everyone. 

They are subconsciously constructing the world view provided by white supremacy.  

You think your kids are sponges? They are sucking up this poison every day. That’s what their little brains do. And it’s incumbent upon you to administer the antidote every chance you get."

~Hairee Lee 

@ SAVEURDAYS.WORDPRESS 

Racism is taught passively (for the most part)

Anti-racism is taught actively and consciously

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